tractor for maximum traction

   / tractor for maximum traction #31  
I believe that the best way to measure traction is likely to be some form of weight sled, similar to what is used in tractor pulls.
The trouble with weight sleds is the variability of the surface you are dragging it over. Wet clay will be a lot slicker then packed gravel etc. A fair test would be a tractor pulling on topsoil with about 5% moisture in it similar to what a field is when it is workable. The load should be coming up out of a well and over a well lubed bull wheel. Increase the load on the bottom of the cable until the tractor can't lift it off the bottom of the well. The last load it could lift would be its draw bar pull. Once started the tractor should be able to pull any load all the way to the top of the well if the ground is uniform.
 
   / tractor for maximum traction #32  
I believe that the best way to measure traction is likely to be some form of weight sled, similar to what is used in tractor pulls.
The trouble with weight sleds is the variability of the surface you are dragging it over. Wet clay will be a lot slicker then packed gravel etc. A fair test would be a tractor pulling on topsoil with about 5% moisture in it similar to what a field is when it is workable. The load should be coming up out of a well and over a well lubed bull wheel. Increase the load on the bottom of the cable until the tractor can't lift it off the bottom of the well. The last load it could lift would be its draw bar pull. Once started the tractor should be able to pull any load all the way to the top of the well if the ground is uniform.
 
   / tractor for maximum traction #33  
Oh where is that cliff when you need one? ... You could rig it with a good pole and pulley system tho.

Any planted telephone poles you could sneak up on. :D
 
   / tractor for maximum traction #34  
Oh where is that cliff when you need one? ... You could rig it with a good pole and pulley system tho.

Any planted telephone poles you could sneak up on. :D

Being practical about it (I know not the usual TBN course of action) you would just put a strain gauge in the cable between the draw bar and the load and just record the max load before the tires break free or the engine lugs down and maxes out.
 
   / tractor for maximum traction #35  
Being practical about it (I know not the usual TBN course of action) you would just put a strain gauge in the cable between the draw bar and the load and just record the max load before the tires break free or the engine lugs down and maxes out.

And a "practical" strain gauge able to measure high enough would cost? Tractors meant to pull can pull with massive amounts of force (many tons of force). I'm thinking a way to gauge it would probably be practically a fortune. hehehe
 
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   / tractor for maximum traction #36  
And a "practical" strain gauge able to measure high enough would cost? Tractors meant to pull can pull with massive amounts of force (many tons of force). I'm think a way to gauge it would probably be practically a fortune. hehehe
Strain or load gauges are pretty common on cranes today and your not going to wear one out pulling on it with a CUT or even a utility tractor. Shouldn't be hard to do at all.
 
   / tractor for maximum traction #37  
How much does one cost?
 
   / tractor for maximum traction #39  
Sorta spendy... I'd imagine there are a lot that can create more than 22,000lbs of force though. That is to weigh a static load, I don't think it would handle being pulled on.
 
   / tractor for maximum traction #40  
Sorta spendy... I'd imagine there are a lot that can create more than 22,000lbs of force though. That is to weigh a static load, I don't think it would handle being pulled on.

Being pulled on is what they are made for. makes no difference up and down or side ways. And not many CUTs weigh over 22,000 and your not going to pull more then your weight unless your wheels a steel cogs running in a steel rack. I'm sure if you want to test the big AG tractors weighing 100,000 plus somebody makes a gauge to do that job for quite a bit more money.
 

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